Economic integration and public policy in the European Union
By: edited by Christos C. Paraskevopoulos, Ricardo Grinspun, Theodore Georgakopoulos.
Contributors: Paraskevopoulos, Christos C.; Grinspun, Ricardo.; Geōrgakopoulos, Theodōros A.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Brookfield, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: European Union countries -- Economic integration.; European Union countries -- Economic policy.; European Union countries -- Social policy.; Greece -- Foreign economic relations -- European Union countries.; European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Greece.
Description: Economic Integration and Public Policy in the European Union is a state-of-the-art analysis of key issues confronting the European Union. Identifying European economic integration as one of the defining features of modern international economics, the authors examine many aspects and consequences of this integration which remain as yet obscure and unexplored.

After addressing general issues concerned with European integration, the authors include empirical and theoretical analyses of the monetary union, social policy reform and social union, public finance in the EU, the EU's agriculture and technology policies, and direct foreign investment into the EU.

In particular, the volume includes detailed discussion of Greek membership of the EU, supplying a context in which many of the general issues of industrial adjustment, investment and politics can be examined. Using a wide range of topics, methodologies and perspectives, Economic Integration and Public Policy in the European Union offers a stimulating and wide-ranging presentation which will be of interest to economic theorists, empirical social scientists, policy-makers and the informed general reader.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.